Table 5.  Percentage direction travelled of different motions within PM performed by players of different positions. Data are means (±SD).

Direction

Sprint

Run

Jog

Skip

Shuffle

Walk

Other
Directly forward
3.6 (2.3)
7.2 (5.3)
20.5 (8.4)
1.2 (.9)
5.1 (2.0)
9.7 (.0)
1.4 (1.0)
Directly backwards
N/A
.1 (.2)
1.3 (2.0)
1.5 (1.0)
1.0 (.7)
3.1 (.9)
N/A
Lateral left
N/A
N/A
N/A
3.5 (2.0)
1.0 (.7)
N/A
N/A
Lateral right
N/A
N/A
N/A
3.0 (2.0)
.9 (.7)
N/A
N/A
Forward diagonal left
.3 (.4)
1.0 (.9)
2.1 (1.3)
.1 (.2)
.5 (4)
.5 (5)
.2 (.3)
Forward diagonal right
.3 (.5)
1.2 (1.2)
1.9 (1.2)
.2 (.4)
.6 (5)
.6 (7)
.2 (.3)
Backward diagonal left
N/A
.0 (.1)
.1 (.3)
.1 (.2)
.1 (2)
.1 (2)
N/A
Backward diagonal right
N/A
.0 (.2)
.1 (.1)
.1 (.2)
.1 (2)
.0 (2)
N/A
Arc backward left-right
N/A
N/A
.1 (.6)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Arc backward right-left
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Arc forward right-left
.4 (.5)
.8 (.9)
1.0 (.9)
.0 (.1)
.1 (2)
.0 (1)
.1 (1)
Arc forward left-right
.3 (.4)
.7 (.6)
1.0 (1.0)
.0 (.1)
.0 (1)
.1 (2)
.1 (1)
Arc lateral left
N/A
N/A
N/A
.0 (.1)
.0 (1)
N/A
N/A
Arc lateral right
N/A
N/A
N/A
.1 (.2)
.1 (3)
N/A
N/A
  Note: there was also 20.6 ± 6.8% of PM performing movement without any direction not included
in this table